Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, has selected consultancy, CH2M, as a
winner of its Watermark Award which “recognizes outstanding contributions and commitment
to protect and raise awareness of Singapore’s water resources.”
AWWA names Steve Via Director of Federal Relations
In partnership with association volunteers, Via will lead the development of programs to initiate, evaluate, respond and comment on regulatory issues within the framework of association policy as the Director of Federal Relations.
Athabasca Waste Fluid Facility opens in Calgary
The Athabasca facility can accept waste fluids and produced water generated in oil and gas activities and adds approximately 180,000 m3 to Ceiba’s annual disposal capacity.
New Jersey American Water to resume treating water with chloramines in six counties
Water treatment changes for Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset & Union counties.
Desalitech purifies high silica groundwater in El Paso
High recovery reverse osmosis process defies silica scaling standards.
AWWA asks Congress to take action on lead
AWWA supports recommendations from the National Drinking Water Advisory Council for improvements to the existing Lead and Copper Rule.
Taiwan’s ITRI building OLED lighting line
Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Organization (ITRI) is building a flexible OLED lighting panel production line capable of producing 700 panels a month, reports Digitimes. Production on the roll-to-roll line is scheduled to start next year. The panels are made using thin film glass substrates. A 7cm by 7cm OLED lighting panel with luminous efficiency of …
Semiconductor materials market fell 1.5% in 2015
The semiconductor materials market decreased 1.5% in 2015, says SEMI. Total wafer fabrication materials and packaging materials were $24.1 billion and $19.3 billion, respectively. Comparable revenues for these segments in 2014 were $24.2 billion for wafer fabrication materials and $19.8 billion for packaging materials. The wafer fabrication materials segment decreased 1% year-over-year, while the packaging …
Keysight adds waveform creation software to PXIe generator
Keysight Technologies has upgraded its 16-channel, PXIe digital stimulus/response (DSR) module with the inclusion of pattern editing development software. The pattern editing development software can be used to create and edit waveform patterns or to import digital patterns created by automatic test generation applications and other sources. The DSR can synchronise up to 12 modules …
Azul ports Java virtual machine to ARM processors
Azul Systems, the Java runtime developer run by Scott Sellers, has developed a version of its open source Java Virtual Machine (JVM) called Zulu Embedded which supports 32-bit ARM processors. This means it supports processors based on the ARM v6, v7 and 32-bit v8 architectures, as well as continuing support for x86 32 and 64-bit …